Mieko Harada
Actor
Biography
Mieko Harada (原田 美枝子, Harada Mieko, born on December 26, 1958) is a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She has played various roles in many motion pictures, television shows and television dramas since her debut in 1974.
She most notably portrayed Lady Kaede in Akira Kurosawa's 1985 film Ran, and further collaborated with him in his 1990 film Dreams. Harada also most notably provided the voice for Kaguya in the 2002 anime film InuYasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass. She is currently working on television dramas as of 2007.
She won the award for best actress at the 21st Hochi Film Award for Village of Dreams and at the 23rd Hochi Film Award for Begging for Love.
Harada is married to Ryo Ishibashi since 1987 and has three children.
Filmography
Dreams
as The Snow Fairy 1990
Helter Skelter
as Wachi Hisako 2012
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
as Kaguya (voice) 2002
Dororo
as Yuri 2007
After the Rain
as Okin 2000
If Cats Disappeared from the World
as Postman's Mother 2016
Suite Dreams
as Yumi Hotta 2006
Trespassing Bergman
as Self 2013
The Fall of Ako Castle
as Hatsu Hashimoto 1978
Love Is in the Green Wind
as Yukiko Matsushima 1974
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
as Keiko Tatsumiya 1988
The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
as Midwife 2012
Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love
as Sayuri Iwamoto 2005
The Youth Killer
as Keiko Tsuneyota 1976
Leonie
as Umeko Tsuda 2010
Lullaby of the Earth
as Rin 1976